[Update Coming Up] Bethesda: Only Use 1440P Resolution in Dishonored 2 PC with GTX1070/1080 or Equivalent

We have been monitoring the PC forums and social channels and while we’re excited to hear that many of you are enjoying the game, we are disheartened that some of you are experiencing PC performance issues on some systems.

We are actively working to provide an update to address your concerns. The patch and its release notes will be available in the coming days.

With the feedback our support group as received, we are preparing a patch intended to provide improvements to allow for more consistent framerates on affected systems and provide an update to the mouse code for smoother input.

Unfortunately, we’ve since been able to verify that the port has significant performance issues. A machine worth more than a grand (i7 6700K and GTX 1080 OC) cannot play the game at 4K resolution even by reducing the settings. Worse than that, the game also exhibits frequent frame rate drops at 1440P resolution as you can see in the video embedded at the article’s end. That’s even after disabling TXAA and using only FXAA High, which is extremely weak and leaves plenty of aliasing on the scene overall.

Bethesda prepared the following FAQ, but it doesn’t help much. What would help is a lot of optimization work, because clearly there’s something wrong in the code here. Dishonored 2 PC looks good but not groundbreaking by any means, there are games with far better graphics and performance available right now that our test machine can run at 4K resolution and close to 60FPS.

This is even more aggravating because the game itself is every bit as outstanding as its predecessor. Let’s hope that Arkane and Bethesda can work together to improve performance in Dishonored 2 PC rather quickly; keep watching these pages for a more thorough analysis in our review.

PC Launch FAQ

Check to ensure that your machine meets the game’s minimum requirements and that you are not running any other programs in the background.

If your PC meets the Recommended Specs we encourage you to play with High settings for a more consistent 60fps experience. Only PCs that far exceed those Recommended Specs should opt for Ultra settings.

Windows Ready

Dishonored 2 was tested against the latest updates for Windows 7/8/10. Please check your system to ensure you have the latest Windows updates for your OS version.

Dishonored 2 was tested against the latest update for DirectX – please check your system to ensure you have the latest version of Direct X. Please visit the following support page for the latest version of DirectX -https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/179113

Update Your Graphics Card Drivers

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